1.1 Cloud technology terms Flashcards

Cloud technology characteristics and terms

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What is Elasticity?

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Services able to be rapidly scaled, up or down, to

match demand

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What is Ubiquitous access?

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The ability for a cloud service to be widely accessible.

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What is Rapid deployment?

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Cloud computing is much faster to implement

than traditional in-house models.

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What is On-demand self-service?

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User able to get computing capabilities automatically.

E.g. Server time or network service

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What is Resource pooling?

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where providers serve resources to multiple clients or customers.

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What is Minimal management effort?

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cloud should be able to be used easily after setup without much management.

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What is Pay-as-you-grow?

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Customers are charged based on usage rather than a fixed cost.

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What is Multi-tenancy?

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Multi- tenancy is where serves multiple people (tenants) at once, such as sharing resources.

E.g. Servers (Data is kept different between the companies)

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What is Automation?

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Cloud automation is used to simplify the set up

and running of resources

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What is Chargeback?

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Accounting method to charge for the amount of
resources used.

E.g. (Hardware, software etc)

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What is Cloud bursting?

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Automatically overflowing from private cloud to

public cloud when resources are fully used.

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